CJM Engineering, Inc.

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M unce Dis cove ry Burs TM

Advantages Facilitate deep troughing for locating separated instruments and hidden canals o MB2 canals of maxillary molars o 2nd D canals of mandibular molars o 2nd & 3rd canals of maxillary premolars Reduces impingement o Calcified canals on deep access cavity walls Compared with ultrasonic tips: o Inexpensive o Generate no heat Figure 1. At only 28-30mm long, standard surgical length, slow-speed round burs provide an inadequate o Create no inconvenient fine dust view corridor beyond the handpiece head. In addition, the 2.4mm shaft diameter leads to shaft impingement o Not prone to spontaneous breakage on deep access cavity walls, unfavorably driving the head of the bur toward ledging and perforation (1a). By contrast, the enhanced view corridor that results with the use of 34mm-long Munce Discovery BursTM is the o Will not further fracture a separated result of the favorable geometry created by the increased distance between the handpiece head and coronal instrument structure. The narrow, 1mm-diameter shaft eliminates impingement on the access cavity walls, significantly o Create more readable surface reducing ledging and perforation risk (1b) while preserving shaft stiffness for positive troughing control. Unique design features: o Added length facilitates a functional view corridor beyond the handpiece head (Fig. 1a, b) o 1mm shaft diameter prevents shaft impingement on deep access cavity walls (Fig. 1a, b) m o 7 tip sizes in both 31mm & 34mm lengths provide for targeted mid-depth bulk structure removal and delicate deep troughing Figure 2. Stiff o Carbide tips maintain cutting efficiency for maximum shaft of number of uses Munce o Stiff shaft provides positive control for deep troughing Discovery Bur compared to procedures, in contrast with flexible shafts of Mueller burs (Fig. 2) flexible shaft o 3mm depth markings on shafts provide continuous feedback of the smallest o Bur tip size laser-etched onto each shaft for easy identification
Mueller bur (~ #2 round).

Technique High magnification and high-intensity illumination is absolutely essential for all deep exploratory procedures Create adequate coronal access (Figure 3a, b) o Exaggerate access beyond the convenience form generally applied to endodontic access cavities o Remove adequate structure to completely unencumber the view o Invasion of the MB cusp is generally required (Figure 3b) Beyond the chamber floor, trough with Munce Discovery BursTM, using decreasing bur sizes to progress apically Use burs generally in a sweeping motionas opposed to Figure 3. Inadequate extent of previous access (3a) plungingwhile progressing apically compared to extended outline form (3b) required to visualize and gain access to the untreated MB2 canal. Always work into the bulk of tooth structuregenerally this will mean working away from the furcal aspect of canal walls Deep exploration must be accompanied by frequent multi-angled radiographs (Figure 4) o The three-dimensional structure of the root cannot actually be seen but can be conceptualize based on multi-angled radiographs Figure 4. Apply the buccal object rule to paired, multio Paired radiographic anglesone straight-on and angled radiographsone straight-on and one angled one sharply-angled from the M or Dwith a sharply from the M or the D. Use a radio-opaque marker radio-opaque marker (i.e., cavit placed with an at incremental increases in exploratory depth (b to g). endodontic condenser or a radio-opaque liquid This technique provides discrete information about the deposited by micro-tip injection) at the deepest spatial position of deep exploration within the root and exploratory point will provide spatial information reduces the risk of perforation while enhancing the regarding deep exploration chance of locating a hidden or calcified canal (h and i).

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*Since this announcement in ENDO TRIBUNE, the MUNCE DISCOVERY BUR line has grown to include: ORIGINAL 34mm-long DEEP TROUGHERS in the 6 round head sizes shown NEW 31mm-long SHALLOW TROUGHERS in the 6 round head sizes shown NEW 31mm-long #6 round ENDODONTIC CARIESECTOMY BUR

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